Derek and Carol, I respect your opinions as expressed herein. I ask you to give me the right to be wrong (a right which I freely give, as well <grins>). I agree that the CC in question had the right to a hearing, to file a grievance. However, she chose not to. As such, she abbrogated her own right to a fair hearing. She did not exercise all of her remedies available under the Georgia Guidelines. She, herself, chose to surrender that right by not invoking it. Perhaps she did not know. I can not speak to what she knew or did not know. What I can speak to is that she did not, to my knowledge, seek to file a grievance. Nonetheless, her situation was discussed among the RC's, although not officially. At the risk of violating confidences, I believe that everyone was shocked and outraged with the email that she sent. Richard On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:27:51 -0300, Derek Nichols wrote > ---------- > >From: Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> > >To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Yes, no, present OOPs / voting > >Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2003, 1:17 PM > > > > >At 01:51 AM 4/15/2003, Tim Stowell wrote: > >> >Although I despise swearing, and occasionally slip myself, it isn't against > >> >the law to swear. Should someone be reprimanded for swearing to a fellow > >> >Volunteer in this Project, yes. Should it mean their dismissal, no. There > >> >needs to be some middle ground. > >> > >>True as far as swearing goes - but to sexually harrass is. > > > >Tim - I had not heard this part of it from anyone until your mention above > >- and this could potentially shed an entirely new light on the situation - > >can you please elaborate and clairfy this? > > Even if it were true, is not that person entitled to all rights and > an enquiry before dismissal. Should they not be treated as innocent until > proven guilty, as the laws of the land demand? > > I in no way condone such behaviour as sexual harassment. However at > the end of the day a dismissal without fair hearing on such an > important issue is NOT justice. > > Derek Nichols > Echols County, GA > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Genealogy research usually begins with our great-grandparents to preserve > the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a person searching > their birth parents, the need to go to the area on the web that deals > with just this type of research. Please refer them to: > http://www.adoption.org